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On Apr 16, 4:44 pm, "
wrote: Now I'm stocking up on Rollses, and I suppose I'll add another Ti to the collection for safe keeping. Are you stocking up on NOS Rollses when you find them, or buying the new ones with the pre-cracked (textured?) covers? I wish I had bought more of the NOS ones when Nashbar closed them out a few years ago. When they ran out, I bought a couple of Vetta Race Lites even cheaper from them and they've been pretty good too--about the same width as the Rolls, less padding, not as flat either along the length or across the width, but pretty comfy nevertheless. |
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On Apr 16, 11:28*pm, cal wrote:
I use San Marco Rolls saddles and have done so for the last maybe 10 or more years. *The Ti railes ones are just as strong and maybe stronger than the ones with Chromoly rails. *I believe that today, Ti rails may be all that are available anymore. *The tops are quite flat from nose to tail and to my recollection have always been so out of the box. *I do recall in the distant past having one or two instances of a Rolls saddle becoming swaybacked after a couple of years of use, which made it very uncomfortable. *That said, it has been many years since that has happened and I have gone though quite a few Rolls since that time without a recurrance of the problem. *I discard them now when the leather becomes very cracked and rough due to prolonged and repeated soaking with sweat. *Liberal applications from time to time of neatsfoot oil does go a long way toward postponing or preventing the onset of cracking. *This saddle (Rolls) is the most comfortable and satisfactory saddle I have ever experienced. *I weigh slightly over 200 lbs and ride 5000-7000 miles per year. Hope this helps. * Cal P.S. *Rolls saddles are getting a little harder to find these days. *I find that Colorado Cyclist sometimes has them and almost always Excel Sports, Boulder Colorado has them. *I always have my next one or two in the box in my closet. On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:47:21 -0700 (PDT), " wrote: Hi All, I have a few San Marco Rolls saddles. Alle were picked up on eBay. One steel-rail NOS from '86, one used steel-rail from '88, and one titanium rails one from 2002. When I bought the Ti rail one, I didn't realize it was Ti until it came in the mail. Since I'm not a weight weenie, and I am wary of the Ti rails, I shelved the saddle, content to use the other two which are quite comfortable. Yesterday I was doing some experimting with position, and I mounted the Ti saddle so I could easily swap things around testing different saddle tilts. For some reason the Ti saddle was alway better, no matter what. This was confusing, until I looked closely a the saddle and noticed the Ti one has a much less pronounced profile. It is more flat, while the steel rail ones have a marked sway-back shape, and softer shells. So is this a fluke, or do all the Ti rail Rollses have *a flatter profile and stiffer shell? Or is this related to production date? This Ti rail saddle is absolutely perfect and I'd like to get more just like it, but I don't want to just buy a whole bunch of saddles like the extra sway-back ones I already have. Any Rolls experts out there? Joseph My "old" ones were slightly swaybacked from start. Not from my 220lbs. Good to hear the recollections about flattish Ti's. Joseph |
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On Apr 16, 11:33*pm, Victor Kan wrote:
On Apr 16, 4:44 pm, " wrote: Now I'm stocking up on Rollses, and I suppose I'll add another Ti to the collection for safe keeping. Are you stocking up on NOS Rollses when you find them, or buying the new ones with the pre-cracked (textured?) covers? I wish I had bought more of the NOS ones when Nashbar closed them out a few years ago. *When they ran out, I bought a couple of Vetta Race Lites even cheaper from them and they've been pretty good too--about the same width as the Rolls, less padding, not as flat either along the length or across the width, but pretty comfy nevertheless. I can't stand the ugly textured cover on the new ones, so I'm on the look out for NOS. Plus they came in snazzy colors! Joseph |
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joseph.santanie wrote:
So is this a fluke, or do all the Ti rail Rollses have *a flatter profile and stiffer shell? Or is this related to production date? I've been using Rolls' for about 20 years (all steel railed and both smooth and textured versions). They all seemed the same as far as shape, with no large variations from flat. I'll have to measure one with a straightedge to see how much of a dip it has. There was also a Rolls "due" (Rolls two) model that was considerably different. Art Harris |
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wrote in message ... On Apr 16, 11:33 pm, Victor Kan wrote: On Apr 16, 4:44 pm, " wrote: Now I'm stocking up on Rollses, and I suppose I'll add another Ti to the collection for safe keeping. Are you stocking up on NOS Rollses when you find them, or buying the new ones with the pre-cracked (textured?) covers? I wish I had bought more of the NOS ones when Nashbar closed them out a few years ago. When they ran out, I bought a couple of Vetta Race Lites even cheaper from them and they've been pretty good too--about the same width as the Rolls, less padding, not as flat either along the length or across the width, but pretty comfy nevertheless. I can't stand the ugly textured cover on the new ones, so I'm on the look out for NOS. Plus they came in snazzy colors! Joseph Those textured covers smooth out in about 1500 miles. Rolls steel rail saddles are available from Probikekit.com for only about $30 delivered. They usually run out of them as soon as they get a shipment in. Best saddle I have ever used. Neal |
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